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Uees siiiU llie nexiran Indinus. 



— M. T. Vanderpool, in the YoutJVx Cotii- 

 3}a7lio?i, lately gave the following account 

 of the bees in Mexico, as related by an In- 

 dian boy : 



The country traversed was much the 

 same as on the previous day, groves of 

 noble timber alternating with tracks of 

 open grassy country. Shortly after noon 

 we crossed an elevated ridge of dry, stony 

 soil, where all the hillocks and knolls were 

 crowned with very thorny cactus, of the 

 variety known as the candelabra, with 

 branched clumsy arms often reaching a 

 height of eight feet. 



Shortly afterward Pablo came riding up 

 to report to us that the band of Indians 

 was following on our trail. I sent another 

 of the Gauchos back to observe their move- 

 ments, and took the boy into the cart. 



His talk, in an odd mingling of Spanish 

 and the native Indian tongue, was very 

 interesting. After he had told what he 

 knew about the Indians, we questioned 

 him about the bees which we saw, whose 

 ways were entirely new to Melleu and 

 myself. 



"" This bee builds its nests upon the ground 

 and upon flat stones, senores," he said, 

 "and it is called the aJpa-miUsqui." We 

 presently got out of him that vullsqul is 

 the word for honey. We asked him how 

 the honey was collected. 



" With a little hollow reed, senores," 

 said he. He illustrated the process, jump- 

 ing down from the cart and cutting a grass 

 stalk which he quick!y converted into a 

 hollow tube about a foot in length. Then, 

 Avith a sharpened stick he punctured a hole 

 in one of the honey-combs. Introducing 

 the end of the little tube, he proceeded to 

 suck up the honey into his mouth. 



"Bmciio."' he exclaimed, smacking his 

 lips, " it is cyrohana." He meant a kind of 

 honey, collected from a very sweet flower 

 ir the Chaco, called the ybirapayc. 



" But, Pablo," said Mellen, " that does 

 very well for you, but if you were collect- 

 ing it for me, it would not be quite nice." 



" Ah, but I would not take it in my 

 mouth, senor !" cried the bright lad. " I 

 would use a larger, longer reed, and only 

 draw it up into the reed, then blow it into 

 a dish." 



He pointed out another bees' nest to us, 

 consisting of a pear-shaped mass of cells, 

 attached to the truuk of a large tree, the 

 bark of which is used for tanning hides. 

 This bee Pablo called a mozo mozo, pro- 

 nouncing the word in a low tone, in imita- 

 tion of the hum of the insect. 



A few moments later he showed us still 

 another larger bee which he called toisiml, 

 " the best bee," be said, "of all those in 

 the Chaco." This bee lays up large stores 

 of honey, making use of a particular kind 

 of cactus, called the cardon. as a hive. 

 The cardon cactus has a very thick trunk, 

 generally hollow, often a foot or more in 

 diameter. Inside these drum-like cavities 

 the toisimi places its hoard of sweets. 



At about two o'clock we halted near a 

 clump of three short, clumsy cacti to rest 

 the animals and take lunch. Mellen and 

 Metorras came back and joined us as we 

 were feasting upon honey and parched 

 com beside the covered cart. 



Supply Dealers who desire to handle 

 a good Bee-Veil, should write for our dozen 

 rates on the"Globe" Bee-Veils, to sell again. 



Xiie Aiin»i aB«I Objects of bee- 

 keepers' societies are thus set forth by Mr. 

 C. N. Wilson, in the Rural Califomian. 

 He strongly advocates the maintenance of 

 such societies, and shows that it is to the 

 advantage of all honey-producers to aid 

 them in every possible way. He says : 



There is a large field to occupy, and a 

 growing industry to build up and per- 

 petuate. Now, let us organize, get well 

 acquainted, and when our honey is ready 

 for market, do the work in a good; business- 

 like manner. There is an impression abroad 

 that 1890 is to be an exceptionally good 

 year, and we can say that an unusually 

 large number of persons have begun the 

 business this season. Most of them are 

 anxious to get what information they can 

 as to the business, and a good association 

 can help them very materially in many 

 ways. One of the principal things to be 

 considered is the proper disposal of the 

 honey after it is pjroduced. Serious hurt is 

 done to the industry by inexperienced per- 

 sons trying to sell their honey on a poor 

 market, or in poor condition. An associa- 

 tion can get and give information on these 

 two points alone that would repay any 

 trouble or expense that would be incurred 

 in its information. 



Doolitlle's Book on Queen-Rearing 

 has received many encomiums, but per- 

 haps none of them have been more well- 

 put and enthusiastic than the following, 

 which, though written as a "private" 

 letter, he wiU, we think, excuse the liberty 

 we take of printing here. It is from Mi. 

 Joseph G. Steer, of Tacoma, O. He says : 



Mr. Doolittle has conferred upon us the 

 greatest boon since the advent of the frame 

 hive, in his book on Queen-Rearing. I have 

 long been his disciple, but his latest grand 

 discovery has quite taken us oft' our feet. 

 I read his book, and at once pronounced it 

 " fiction," which gave me paiu, but I 

 thought better of it, and said that I would 

 see. I began, and with the book before 

 me, I endeavored not to omit a detail. I 

 had proceeded so far as to get hatched 

 queens in the upper story of 5 colonies out 

 of 7 that I tried (the other 2 are not yet 

 hatched), when I felt that I could not wait 

 to see the end, to speak of the gratitude I 

 feel toward him, for all that he has done 

 for us, and to offer a sincere apology for 

 the wrong I did him in my heart. Doubt- 

 less he has I'eceived thousands of letters, 

 thanking and congratulating him, and I am 

 afraid that mine comes a little late. Why, 

 to say nothing of the grand process of 

 queen-rearing he has given us, let me say 

 that it is worth many times the cost of the 

 work to be saved the torment of angry bees 

 from queenless colonies— a point which has 

 never been mentioned of the book. 



Cliapman Honey-Plant Seed.— 



This pjlant has been commended by some of 

 the most experienced bee-keepers in 

 America, as being " a most valuable acqui- 

 sition to the list of bee-forage plants." The 

 seed may be scattered in waste places, or 

 it maj- be sown in drills or hills like onion 

 seed. We can furnish the seed, post-paid, 

 at the following prices : Single ounce, 40 

 cents; 4 ounces, *1. 00; 10 ounces, $2.00; 

 or one pound for $3.00. 



m^" Clubs for anything in our Premium 

 List may be for either of our JorRXALS, or 

 for any number of either or both of them. 



Our Advertisers Speak from Experience. 



The following are a few of the many 

 unsolicited v;ords of Apjjreciation from 

 those who have TESTED the Bee Journal 

 for advertising : 



An order from Algeria, Africa, says our 

 address was obtained from the Bee Jouk- 



NAL.— H. K. & F. B. TULRBEH, N. Y. 



Our Advertisement in the Bee 



Journal is the best iuvestment we ever 

 made. — J. Oatmax & Co., Dundee, Ills. 



Caood Medium. — The Bee Joi'rxal is 

 a good advertising medium, and the charges 

 are reasonable. — T. J.Ward, St. Mary's, Ind. 



Quick Returns. — I get the quickest 

 return from an advertisement inserted in 

 the American Bee Joirnal of any paper I 

 ever advertised in. — Henry Alley, Mass. 



Pays '%Vell I thought I had Queens 



enough on hand to safely advertise to 

 " supiply all orders by return mail," but as 

 soon as I advertised in the Bee Journal, I 

 not only sold all I had on hand, but orders 

 came in faster than I could rear them. The 

 money invested in that advertisement paid 

 me better than any I ever invested in 

 anything else. — I. R. Good, Nappanee, Ind. 



Xlie Bee Joiirnn 1 does its advertising 

 wonderfully well. It brought to me re- 

 sponses from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, 

 and from the Alleghanies to the Rocky 

 Mountains. — W. M. Rogers, ShelbyviUe, Ky. 



II aviiisadvertised in the American Bee 

 Journal quite extensively foryears,I would 

 say (without solicitatiou) that it sold more 

 queens for me than anj- other three papers 

 I have ever tried. — L. J. Diehl, Butler, Ind. 



I am much pleased with the result of my 

 advertisement iu the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. I have sold out completely, and sent 

 back about $50 for which I had no goods to 

 send. — M. P. Cady, Poy Sippi, Wis. 



I now have aU the orders I can fill this 

 season. Most of my customers say that 

 they saw my advertisement in the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal.— H. G. Frame, North 

 Manchester, Ind. 



During the year 18SS, we had an adver- 

 tisement running in the American Bee 

 Journal, and we had the same in several 

 Daily and Weekly papers, but to our surprise 

 we received more than double the number 

 of responses from the advertisement in the 

 American Bee Journal, than from all our 

 others combined. 



The fact that we are still receiving letters 

 referring to our advertisement in the Bee 

 Journal, shows that it is preserved and read 

 long after it is received. Newspapers are 

 read and thrown aside and that ends it, but 

 the Bee Journal is preserved, and the 

 advertisements are often noticed and bring 

 responses long after they appeared in it. 



We regard the American Bee Journal as 

 a first-class advertising medium. 



Cedar Rapids High-Speed Engine Co., 

 Henry Riokel, President. 



1^" The July number of " The National 

 Magazine," of Chicago, opens with an 

 article entitled " Harvard University and 

 Reform," by Chancellor Harkins, of the 

 National University of Chicago, in which 

 wisdom of President's Eliot's radical recom- 

 mendations is forcibly maintained. 



